The Greatness of Greenwich and Barry - Part One!

Artist Song
The Crystals  Da Doo Ron Ron (1963) 
The Raindrops  The Kind of Boy You Can't Forget (1963) 
The Ronettes  Be My Baby (1963) 
The Chiffons (as "The Four Pennies")  When The Boy's Happy (The Girl's Happy Too) (1963) 
Bob B Soxx & The Blue Jeans  Not Too Young To Get Married (1963) 
The Raindrops  It's So Wonderful (1963) 
The Raindrops  That Boy Is Messing Up My Mind (1963) 
Darlene Love  Wait Til My Bobby Gets Home (1963) 
Darlene Love  A Fine, Fine Boy (1963) 
The Ronettes  Baby, I Love You (1963) 
The Chiffons  I Have A Boyfriend (1963) 
Leola & The Lovejoys  He Ain't No Angel (1964) 
The Crystals  All Grown Up (1964) 
The Raindrops  You Got What I Like (1964) 
The Dixie Cups  Chapel Of Love (1964) 
The Jelly Beans  I Wanna Love Him So Bad (1964) 
The Raindrops  One More Tear (1964) 
The Exciters  Doo Wah Diddy (1964) 
The Jelly Beans  Baby, Be Mine (1964) 
The Shangri-Las  The Leader Of The Pack (1964) 
Lesey Gore  Maybe I Know (1964) 
Lesley Gore  Look Of Love (1964) 
Connie Francis  Don't Ever Leave Me (1964) 
The Dixie Cups  People Say (1964) 
The Dixie Cups  You Should Have Seen The Way He Looked At Me (1964) 
The Butterflys  Goodnight Baby (1964) 
The Butterflys  I Wonder (1964) 
The Dixie Cups  Little Bell (1964) 
The Jelly Beans  Here She Comes (1964) 
The Shangri-las  Out In The Streets (1965) 

Comment:

There are just too many Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich songs I love to fit them on one CD, so it had to be a two-parter! Arranged in chronological order (as I tend to do with my compilations whenever I know the dates!), part one features thirty tracks from little over two years (1963-65) - and every one a Girl-group classic! Some of these songs were co-written with other people notably Phil Spector.

Feedback:

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got_yer_nose
Date: 6/11/2005
Sweet mix! Very fitting for the summer... I think Darlene Love would fit nicely with these tunes as well. I really enjoy the Phil Spector sound in this genre of music.
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Dom1
Date: 6/11/2005
Great stuff!
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Wildheartedoutsider
Date: 6/11/2005
Damn right about Darlene Love! It doesn't matter how many CDs you get together for a mix like this - you overlook just one and you've potentially missed out on two or three great songs. As luck would have it I had a bit of space left on the second disc to this collection and these songs are so short they don't take up much space, so I've shuffled a couple of "Part One" tracks on to "Part Two" and added a couple of my favourite Jeff and Ellie songs by Darlene Love as well as a Bob B Soxx & The Blue Jeans track (...three for the price of two!) Oddly enough, the two tracks I shunted onto the next disc seem to fit better there too! I'm particularly happy at having moved The Beach Boys to "Part Two" so that this disc is now an unashamed "Girl-group fest"! Thanks!
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no borders
Date: 6/11/2005
Very nice. And if you read the titles down, they almost tell a story. Looking forward to part 2.
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p the swede
Date: 6/12/2005
another astonding one
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Wildheartedoutsider
Date: 6/12/2005
Thanks. I actually posted "part 2" at the same time as I posted this one! It's on this page: http://www.artofthemix.org/FindAMix/getcontents.asp?strMixID=92483
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Salman1
Date: 6/12/2005
Damn, this is beautiful.
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Sean Lally
Date: 6/19/2005
This is amazing - I wanted to do something like this before, but this is much better than what I would have come up. It sure has been a long time since we've seen songwriters this consistent, eh?
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Jenergy
Date: 6/22/2005
Oh man, this is just awesome. If you're interested in a trade, do get in touch.
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Media Vixen: Radio Sally
Date: 6/29/2005
These two mixes are stunning. I'm with Jenergy. If anything on my list interests you, please do get in touch!